http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5The new telecommunications industry is a very competitive world. For years (I remember a conference back in 1988 on the topic), there's been jostling for position, trying to capture control of the sources of information. First there were networks, then there was cable, then there was video over p...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~53043.aspx2/13/2006 3:51:26 PMEva Kosinski It may be that we've spent too many years listening to advertisements and marketed-to-the-sky claims for products that never deliver as advertised, and somehow we've become immune to the awareness that we are supposed to get what is advertised, or else it's fraud. We almost never expect to get wh...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~55317.aspx2/21/2006 1:00:04 PMEva Kosinski You find something on the wall in a shop, and it looks like it would look great on your wall at home. Something spectacular that you can have for your lifetime, and maybe pass on to your kids, or maybe start a collection on either similar topics, or different pieces from the same artist. It might...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/Tips-Techniques/Art-Tips/Story~59223.aspx3/4/2006 11:06:59 AMEva Kosinski If you've had any occasion lately to be sick and find yourself in need of a doctor, or wanted to get help about staying healthy for as long as possible, or had an accident and spent time in an emergency room, you know one thing. The current non-alternative medicine establishment, especially, the ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~59323.aspx3/5/2006 10:34:36 AMEva Kosinski The world is getting smaller all the time, so we are told. Between better communications via cell phone and Internet, and faster transport the globe 'round, we can start to think of ourselves as a "global village." It's a fascinating way to think about our future, but how it impacts us locally is...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~65146.aspx3/21/2006 12:00:14 PMEva Kosinski One of the recent developments in the region has been theadoption by many communities, with rather little fanfare, of newsets of building codes, billed as "international" rather than U.S. In poking around looking to see where all this originated, Ifound something unexpected. The folks go...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~65220.aspx3/21/2006 1:03:52 PMEva Kosinski One of the news stories I've seen recently referenced usingRFID (radio frequency identification) tags on every single head ofcattle in the world, and indicated that all of this comes fromrequirements at a committee at the UN, called the "TerrestrialAnimal Health Standards Commission." ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/News/Nation-World/Story~73953.aspx4/12/2006 8:36:04 AMEva Kosinski On Wednesday, April 19, 2006, a small group of mourners saidfinal goodbyes to Phyllis Reed . She lived in Westminster, but forthe artists and children of Louisville, she was one of our own. Phyllis was a photographer, an accomplished painter and agentle soul who spent endless hours w...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Announcements/Deaths/Story~76931.aspx4/20/2006 7:56:42 AMEva Kosinski One of the things that's always driven me crazy is restaurant "art." Some places seem to cookie cutter the art as well as the cookies. Decorator versions of cartoon like vegetables, prints that any one of us could buy at cutrate art/crafts stores, etc. I guess that's fine for folks who ma...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Art/Story~81312.aspx5/2/2006 4:25:26 PMEva Kosinski LOUISVILLE -- After nearly a year of complicated andsometimes stormy discussions, from cable provider franchisenegotiations between the City of Louisville and Comcast, tocontract negotiations between the City and CCTV54, the approvalsare finally in hand, as City Council voted on 5/2/06 to...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/News/General-News/Story~81410.aspx5/3/2006 8:23:24 AMEva Kosinski It's 6:00 at Pasquini's -- normal time for folks to drop in for a bite before heading home from work, or to sit and chat for a bit at the end of the day. But today is not your average day at Pasquini's. It's May 10, the opening reception for the art show that's got Louisville buzzing. Our Louisvi...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~87139.aspx5/19/2006 11:59:47 AMEva Kosinski It all started back in 1978. I'd been working as a secretary/clerk for a few years at several different jobs, and layoffs were coming down the pike. It looked grim. So I answered an ad for evening interviews. I'd done some clerk/filing, some minor secretarial, and a lot of customer service, so my...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~93654.aspx6/9/2006 8:42:33 PMEva Kosinski I'm spending a little more time in the garden lately, and finding that it acts, for me at least, a bit like meditation. I'm by myself (in my family folks are either lone gardeners or neatniks who hate "bugs and dirt"), the clock seems to disappear, and all of the elements of life seem to have con...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Sports/Story~97850.aspx6/24/2006 2:27:28 PMEva Kosinski It's been on the wall for two months, and folks have been checking out all their favorite Louisville places -- on the wall. It's the "Our Louisville: Finding the Soul of the City" art show. 71 pieces by 41 artists depicting all aspects of the City, from it's farming roots in the 1800s through to ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Art/Story~101049.aspx7/5/2006 8:53:52 AMEva Kosinski At the end of June, CCTV54 (Louisville's official Public Access Cable Provider) moved out of its former studio area at Comcast's building (a requirement of the new franchise agreement - see photo of move) and has been discussing new studio space, which should be a reality by late summer or early ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~101116.aspx7/5/2006 10:14:17 AMEva Kosinski It's not surprising that the "hot button" issues just seem to find themselves in front of us during election years. We don't seem to care the rest of the time; unless someone is making dire predictions, threatening to spend a lot of our tax money, or making ourtrageous accusations, we don't seem ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~109755.aspx8/3/2006 7:53:18 AMEva Kosinski Here we are, the first of September, and after all the months and months of hard work and struggle, CCTV54 is STILL not able to get back on the air. After sending the board and volunteers of CCTV54 jumping through hoops to get information in for tight deadlines for the RFP, made to give numerous ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~120712.aspx9/1/2006 4:39:32 PMEva Kosinski I love bookstores. So many opportunities to learn, and a source of musings about what we read and why. Recently, I found myself looking in sections labeled "politics" and "current affairs" and found pretty similar offerings in both: toothsmashing, lip curling, viscious, sarcastic commentary about...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~128206.aspx9/22/2006 9:58:49 AMEva Kosinski Magic is the art of getting the viewer to look elsewhere when there's a trick to be done. It's all about red herrings...hey, look over here (pull switcharoo in the other hand while they're looking away). Guess politics must have gotten some lessons from the magic biz (though some would make the a...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~129558.aspx9/26/2006 7:59:44 AMEva Kosinski At a brown bag lunch this week, I was given the task (in a room full of folks with 1A signs) of producing "cons" for the 1A ballot initiative. No small task, since the ballot issue has two seemingly related items, both of which have complicated elements that cannot reasonably explained in 2.5 min...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/News/Politics/Story~139591.aspx10/19/2006 10:27:56 AMEva Kosinski At a brown bag lunch this week, I was given the task (in a room full of folks with 1A signs) of producing "cons" for the 1A ballot initiative. No small task, since the ballot issue has two seemingly related items, both of which have complicated elements that cannot reasonably explained in 2.5 min...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Stories/News/Politics/Story~140112.aspx10/20/2006 8:50:04 AMEva Kosinski At a brown bag lunch this week, I was given the task (in a room full of folks with 1A signs) of producing "cons" for the 1A ballot initiative. No small task, since the ballot issue has two seemingly related items, both of which have complicated elements that cannot reasonably explained in 2.5 min...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~140116.aspx10/20/2006 8:55:19 AMEva Kosinski At a brown bag lunch this week, I was given the task (in a room full of folks with 1A signs) of producing "cons" for the 1A ballot initiative. No small task, since the ballot issue has two seemingly related items, both of which have complicated elements that cannot reasonably explained in 2....http://denver.yourhub.com/Lafayette/Stories/News/Politics/Story~140118.aspx10/20/2006 8:57:48 AMEva Kosinski At a brown bag lunch this week, I was given the task (in a room full of folks with 1A signs) of producing "cons" for the 1A ballot initiative. No small task, since the ballot issue has two seemingly related items, both of which have complicated elements that cannot reasonably explained in 2.5 min...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/News/Politics/Story~140120.aspx10/20/2006 9:00:24 AMEva Kosinski At a brown bag lunch this week, I was given the task (in a room full of folks with 1A signs) of producing "cons" for the 1A ballot initiative. No small task, since the ballot issue has two seemingly related items, both of which have complicated elements that cannot reasonably explained in 2.5...http://denver.yourhub.com/Erie/Stories/News/Politics/Story~140122.aspx10/20/2006 9:02:03 AMEva Kosinski It was the summer of 2005. Cable Franchise renewal was underway in Louisville, and it looked like our local public access television station (Citizen's Community TV -- CCTV54) was going to go the way of all things, facing off against City Hall and Comcast, waiting to see if the long and arduous f...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/Promotions/Community-Giving/Story~140779.aspx10/22/2006 12:16:43 PMEva Kosinski It happened several elections ago. There they were, huge piles of political signs taken from all over the City, (in the weeks BEFORE the election) in the County Yard, removed by employees of our own local government entities. Oh, well, it was just a misunderstanding, they said. They were not in g...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~145835.aspx11/3/2006 9:32:48 AMEva Kosinski It happened several elections ago. There they were, huge piles of political signs taken from all over the City, (in the weeks BEFORE the election) in the County Yard, removed by employees of our own local government entities. Oh, well, it was just a misunderstanding, they said. They were not in g...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~145883.aspx11/3/2006 10:04:13 AMEva Kosinski It happened several elections ago. There they were, huge piles of political signs taken from all over the City, (in the weeks BEFORE the election) in the County Yard, removed by employees of our own local government entities. Oh, well, it was just a misunderstanding, they said. They were not in g...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lafayette/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~145886.aspx11/3/2006 10:08:33 AMEva Kosinski It happened several elections ago. There they were, huge piles of political signs taken from all over the City, (in the weeks BEFORE the election) in the County Yard, removed by employees of our own local government entities. Oh, well, it was just a misunderstanding, they said. They were not in g...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~145903.aspx11/3/2006 10:24:05 AMEva Kosinski